Place your bagged, new and unopened groceries in your trunk and drive to Temple Beth Am. We will open your trunk and transfer the bags from your car. Our volunteers will be wearing masks and practice social distancing. Please do not leave your car. There will be no entry allowed to any buildings on the Beth Am campus. All unopened, shelf-stable grocery items are welcome! Read more

Temple Beth Am has created a mechanism where we now supply gift cards from Publix, CVS and Walgreens directly to organizations or individuals requesting our assistance. To continuously replenish funds for this effort, please consider donating to a Special Rabbi Barras Discretionary Fund. Click here to DONATE NOW We thank you in advance for your support.

Beth Am Cares will ensure that we place gift cards into the hands of those who have asked for help. This is above and beyond individual requests for help that we have received since the pandemic has wreaked havoc on our local economy, affecting so many of our members and others in the community. Please join in our continued effort during this crisis!

Financial Help During the Coronavirus Crisis

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation is providing emergency grants of up to $1,500 per household. For emergency grants, we are turning to you to help identify individuals and families in need of assistance. To make a referral, simply complete click this link and complete the fields. All grant requests will be handled in a confidential manner and only key Federation personnel involved in processing the grant will have access to this information.

The Hebrew Free Loan Association has relaxed eligibility requirements and is fast-tracking approval of emergency loans up to $3,000 with payments suspended for six months. Every loan disbursed by HFLA is a community investment in the dignity and independence of borrowers. Read more

We are grateful to announce the establishment of the Corners of our Fields Scholarship Fund created by a generous lead gift from the Culverhouse Family, intended to help with tuition for those Temple Beth Am Day School families struggling financially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. To apply for assistance, please email Brian Chartock, Executive Director, at bchartock@tbam.org. For additional information, contact Cari Altman, Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs, at caltman@tbam.org.

The Corners of our Fields Scholarship Fund is open for direct donations as well should you find you are inclined and are able to help. Any tuition rebates, reimbursements or refunds issued by TBAM and Temple Beth Am Day School may be redirected to this scholarship fund as well. Click Here to Donate to Corners of our Fields

The vision of the Jewish Abilities Alliance is to promote an inclusive, spirited environment that celebrates the diversity in our community and the uniqueness of every member. This website serves as a user-friendly gateway to resources in the Jewish or general community for people with disabilities. The JAA is the Jewish community’s network that links individuals with disabilities, and their families, to resources, services, support groups, workshops and clinics and recreational programs within their community. Read more

Challah by Grace Julia is a homemade challah program created by Grace Gilbert and Julia Weiss! The two college seniors returned home in March from studying abroad in Tel Aviv because of the coronavirus and have been fulfilling weekly challah orders for community members in their neighborhoods! A portion of the proceeds will be donated toward COVID-19 relief. Read more

Are You Registered to Vote?

Our right to vote is hard-won. It took centuries of struggle to establish this right — for propertyless men, for women, for African Americans, and, in 1971, for all US citizens over the age of 18. The right to vote is fundamental to protecting, asserting and defining many of our other rights. Almost all of the social and economic rights Americans enjoy today exist because citizens elected public officials who voted to enact them.

Available blood supplies in Miami-Dade County continue to be very low and they really need us to step up. Go to Oneblood.org and to make an appointment at a nearby donation center. Sign Up Here Or contact Susan Rosenthal, educatorsusan@aol.com, for more information.

Kitanim Floral Design floral arrangements because we all need a little pick me up this week! $25 to send to your local friends’ doorsteps. Anonymous acts of kindness are always well received. When you find one on your doorstep, it’s your turn to pay it forward. Use coupon code “PayItForward” at checkout for free delivery! Details

Dunks For Diabetes’ Miami Event is ON and going VIRTUAL! In light of CDC guidelines discouraging gatherings of more than 10 people, the D4D Miami event will not be held physically this spring at the University of Miami as planned, but will be held as a virtual event/social media campaign called “The Dunks Challenge.” Read more

Recovery Meetings Online...

During this COVID-19 crisis, fear and anxiety can increase one’s vulnerability to addiction. Those in recovery can no longer attend in-person meetings and others may discover they need support for addiction for the first time. Family members affected by a loved one’s addiction continue to need support at stressful and uncertain times such as these. Below is a list of links to online meetings where you can get support.

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